As Corbyn argued, “A major cause of the pressure on A&Es is the £4.6 billion cuts in the social care budget since 2010.”

May claimed these were “alternative facts”.

But millionaire Tories will never have to worry about being looked after, unlike the people whose care they are cutting.

The Local Government Association has warned, “The current funding crisis risks creating an unfair, unequal, two-tiered care system where only the well-off will be able to get the care they need.”

Labour councils have been hit five times harder by cuts than Tory authorities, but their opposition to Tory austerity has been weak.

Even under Corbyn the Tories are being let off the hook.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell promised a national fight over council cuts in late 2015. But we’ve seen little beyond a “vote Labour” strategy.

People are right to ask why Labour councils aren’t fighting back much harder against attacks on workers and services.

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